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Haron and BlackMatter are the latest groups to crash the ransomware party
The additions come as the number of high-severity ransomware attacks ratchet up.
Mergers, twists, and pentagons: The architecture of honeycombs
Most honeycombs are perfect hexagons—but bees manage complex exceptions.
Apple reports a 50% year-over-year jump in iPhone sales
But the company warned of coming iPhone and iPad supply constraints.
CDC mask reversal: Vaccinated should wear masks in many settings amid surge
Fully vaccinated people should mask up in high-transmission areas, schools.
New Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer teases return of lots of familiar faces
A gang of mini Stay-Puft marshmallow men in a Walmart steals the show.
Activision Blizzard “Walkout for Equality” to protest management inaction
Organizers seek movement on diversity, pay transparency, arbitration clauses.
Ajit Pai apparently mismanaged $9 billion fund—new FCC boss starts “cleanup”
Starlink and other ISPs may have to give up money that Pai shouldn't have awarded.
Google Cloud offers a model for fixing Google’s product-killing reputation
GCP offers a stability promise that the rest of the company could learn from.
Toyota bet wrong on EVs, so now it’s lobbying to slow the transition
Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investments in hybrids, hydrogen.
Facebook recalls 4 million Quest 2 VR face liners over “rashes and hives”
All Quest 2 systems pulled from shelves ahead of August price, storage refresh.
Review: Framework’s lightweight modular laptop is a winner
Framework's laptop isn't just repairable—it's a solid laptop in its own right.
Blue Origin has a secret project named “Jarvis” to compete with SpaceX
“This is the difference between taking a profit and a loss on New Glenn launches."
Intel’s foundry roadmap lays out the post-nanometer “Angstrom” era
Could the "Intel 20A" process node (that's 20 Angstroms) rival TSMC and Samsung?
COVID surge in unvaccinated is pushing US to more mandates, masks, mitigation
"More mitigation is coming... and it's coming because this pandemic is spiraling out of control yet again."
Spiral shark intestines work like Nikola Tesla’s water valve, study finds
Tesla's valve let fluid flow in one direction with no back flow or moving parts.
VPN servers seized by Ukrainian authorities weren’t encrypted
Company says it's in the process of overhauling its VPN offerings to better secure them.
Internal Activision Blizzard petition rebukes “abhorrent, insulting” leadership
Day-old petition exceeds 1,000 signatures, follows ex-staffers' lawsuit reactions.
Valve promises Steam Deck will run “the entire Steam library” at 30+ fps
Custom APU can run recent games acceptably at the device's native 800p resolution.
UK worries Starlink and OneWeb may interfere with each other, plans new rules
Ofcom says complexity of giant satellite networks raises interference concerns.
iOS 14.7.1 and macOS 11.5.1 arrive with one bug fix and one security fix
iOS 14.7.1 is a small update that fixes a security vulnerability and a Watch bug.
Tesla earned a profit of $1.1 billion after delivering 201,250 cars in Q2
A record quarter for deliveries means a record quarter for profitability.
Report: The iPhone 14 will be a major upgrade, and it will be made of titanium
Also, the note corroborates reports that the iPhone mini will die in 2022.
Bezos says he is now willing to invest in a Moon lander—here’s why
"I think they realized it's why they lost."
Bitcoin surges as Amazon job posting suggests retailer may accept cryptocurrencies
Tech giant might be preparing a big move—or simply keeping an eye on the space.
Here’s the first credible Microsoft Surface Duo 2 leak
Undeterred by the failure of the Duo 1, Microsoft doesn't seem to be changing much.
MS Flight Simulator on consoles: Finally, a next-gen game for Xbox Series X/S
Game Pass freebie is stuck on PC-related hiccups but is a chill, aimless stunner.
Zombies rise, terrorize a town in trailer for SyFy’s Day of the Dead series
Nothing brings a town together like zombies tearing them apart.
Red planet has a big core, complex crust
Seismograph on NASA's InSight lander is slowly imaging the Martian interior.
Dread Pirate Roberts escaped development hell: Making Silk Road work as a film
"There's so much we had to leave out. Really, what this needs is a six-hour limited series."
Venmo gets more private—but it’s still not fully safe
Until it offers privacy by default, it remains a liability for many of its users.
Review: Old is a mostly solid film undermined by jarring twist ending
Director M. Night Shyamalan's latest film was inspired by a French graphic novel.
The best deals from PlayStation’s and Xbox’s latest summer game sales
Dealmaster has deals on Mass Effect, Halo, The Last of Us, Returnal, and more.
Nuclear power’s reliability is dropping as extreme weather increases
A comprehensive analysis shows that warmer temperatures aren't the only threat.
Apple and Roku have newly upgraded streaming remotes—are they worth buying?
New remotes bring sensible upgrades, but only if you're tied to these streamers.
The Tokyo Olympics could be a COVID-19 “super evolutionary event”
The Games could provide a place for variants to spread and return home with athletes.
An explosive spyware report shows limits of iOS, Android security
Amnesty International sheds alarming light on an NSO Group surveillance tool.
Star Trek: Lower Decks S2 trailer promises more scrappy underdog adventures
Also debuting at ComicCon@home: The first teaser for animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.
SpaceX to launch the Europa Clipper mission for a bargain price
Decision comes after shaking issue with SLS rocket made it untenable.
Researchers demonstrate that malware can be hidden inside AI models
Hiding data inside an image classifier is much like hiding it within an image.
Maker of dubious $56K Alzheimer’s drug offers cognitive test no one can pass
After facing intense criticism, Biogen goes on defense, blames "misinformation."
Teardown reveals how much capacity Apple’s $99 MagSafe Battery Pack has
The video also identifies various other internal components.
Google is finally doing something about Google Drive spam
You can now block people in Drive. It's still woefully inadequate, but it's something.
Archaeologists find ancient Egyptian warship sunk near Alexandria
The fast galley probably sank during an earthquake in the 100s BCE.
New bill strips Facebook, Twitter of Section 230 immunity for spreading vaccine falsehoods
Senators target algorithmic curation to limit spread of health misinformation.
Three Formula E motors and a DTM engine combine in the Audi RS Q e-tron
Audi will enter this extreme series hybrid off-roader in the 2022 Dakar Rally.
Google’s Wear OS 3 update plans will leave most existing devices behind
Google excludes the Snapdragon Wear 3100, which is in most watches.
Two more battery fires spark second Chevrolet Bolt EV recall
GM and LG Chem found a second issue and will replace battery modules.
Rocket Report: Super Heavy lights up, China tries to recover a fairing
"My expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded."
Snake Eyes film review: More like “G.I. No”
A fan edit could get this into "so bad it's good" territory. Until then, watch out.
“Get vaccinated! Take delta seriously!” US experts plead as cases skyrocket
CDC head: The vaccines "are some of the most effective that we have in modern medicine."
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